Houshphandzadeh wrote:yeah

that's 27 years ago

CalvinBall wrote:yesterday some friends and i were entertaining the idea of visiting another friend in austin. this morning i asked to take all of next week off. friday we are starting a road trip to austin. p excited.

TenuredVulture wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:yesterday some friends and i were entertaining the idea of visiting another friend in austin. this morning i asked to take all of next week off. friday we are starting a road trip to austin. p excited.

If you want to get off the interstate, you can get on US 79 after you cross the Mississippi. That route will take you into Round Rock, TX, a bit north of Austin. It won't take much longer, but you do need to watch your speed as you go through the small towns. You'll avoid some nasty traffic, especially around Dallas. And I-40 in AR is the pits--zillions of trucks, and nothing interesting to see.

If you're good with maps, there are a few short cuts that make this a bit more interesting. If you're on 79 in Magnolia, you'll make a right on US 82, stay on that for a mile or so, and then get on 371, and either go to I-20, switching back to US 79 just west of Shreveport, or take that to Sarepta, where you'll get on LA state highway 2 for a few miles, then get on LA-3 south to I 220 W, then I-20 west, and back on 79. If you do this, by the way, I don't know how well a GPS will work.

CalvinBall wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:yesterday some friends and i were entertaining the idea of visiting another friend in austin. this morning i asked to take all of next week off. friday we are starting a road trip to austin. p excited.

If you want to get off the interstate, you can get on US 79 after you cross the Mississippi. That route will take you into Round Rock, TX, a bit north of Austin. It won't take much longer, but you do need to watch your speed as you go through the small towns. You'll avoid some nasty traffic, especially around Dallas. And I-40 in AR is the pits--zillions of trucks, and nothing interesting to see.

If you're good with maps, there are a few short cuts that make this a bit more interesting. If you're on 79 in Magnolia, you'll make a right on US 82, stay on that for a mile or so, and then get on 371, and either go to I-20, switching back to US 79 just west of Shreveport, or take that to Sarepta, where you'll get on LA state highway 2 for a few miles, then get on LA-3 south to I 220 W, then I-20 west, and back on 79. If you do this, by the way, I don't know how well a GPS will work.

thank you for this. i will propose it to my friends.

CalvinBall wrote:
think we are gonna go to nashville too. i went a few months back but the one guy going hasnt been there yet. maybe new orleans. plans are still a work in progress.

Wheels Tupay wrote:Take me. I am not kidding.

smitty wrote:Some Canadian guy comes down to Washington and buys like $4,000 of Trader Joe's crap and sells it in his little shop, known as Pirate Joe's. of course, Trader Joe's won't let him in their stores and they are suing him because they are douches.

Trader Joe can suck it.

SK790 wrote:

smitty wrote:Some Canadian guy comes down to Washington and buys like $4,000 of Trader Joe's crap and sells it in his little shop, known as Pirate Joe's. of course, Trader Joe's won't let him in their stores and they are suing him because they are douches.

Trader Joe can suck it.

Dude changed his store name to "Irate Joe's". I love this guy.